Google Reader goes dark in less than a month, but its ecosystem of apps will live on, thanks to Feedly. The RSS service has quietly been working to integrate third-party clients Reeder, Press, Nextgen Reader, Newsify, and gReader.

More details are expected soon, the Feedly team promised in a blog post.

It seems to be paying off, too. Feedly this week announced that 68 percent of those who try Feedly end up converting into weekly active users, and doubling the amount of time they spend reading their RSS feeds.

"But we still have a long way to go," the company wrote. "We have been turning to the community to finalize the roadmap for the rest of this year." The results: Six points Feedly needs to address, according to users.

Most notably is an expected jump in overall speed "the most important aspect of the feedly experience," the company said. Additionally, Feedly plans to add an in-service search function, pure Web access, Windows Phone and Windows 8 capabilities, improved group sharing, and the usual bug fixes.

Feedly encouraged new and old users to continue sharing feedback and offering suggestions via Twitter or online.

News aggregator Digg is also prepping a Google Reader alternative, which is expected to go live in 26 days  as soon as Reader shuts down.

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